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In this thoughtful and engaging critique, geographer Martin W. Lewis and historian Kären Wigen reexamine the basic geographical divisions we take for granted, and challenge the unconscious spatial frameworks that govern the way we perceive the world. Arguing that notions of East vs. West, First World vs. Third World, and even the sevenfold continental system are simplistic and misconceived, the authors trace the history of such misconceptions. Their up-to-the-minute study reflects both on the global scale and its relation to the specific continents of Europe, Asia, and Africa-actually part of one contiguous landmass.The Myth of Continents sheds new light on how our metageographical assumptions grew out of cultural concepts: how the first continental divisions developed from classical times; how the Urals became the division between the so-called continents of Europe and Asia; how countries like Pakistan and Afghanistan recently shifted macroregions in the general consciousness.This extremely readable and thought-provoking analysis also explores the ways that new economic regions, the end of the cold war, and the proliferation of communication technologies change our understanding of the world. It stimulates thinking about the role of large-scale spatial constructs as driving forces behind particular worldviews and encourages everyone to take a more thoughtful, geographically informed approach to the task of describing and interpreting the human diversity of the planet.
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The book “Community and Family-Focused Public Health and Sustainable Development” was originally published in the renowned International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. This Special Issue encompassed novel aspects of applications that are connected with sustainability issues in community and family-focused public health studies. Contributions have a significant impact on solving public health problems at the family and community levels. The Special Issue originally published scientific papers, including review articles, that fell under this Special Issue’s remit and that were relevant to audiences worldwide. Currently, the term “family health” is most commonly to describe mother and child health and reproductive health. It is rare for family health to include the family as an important context for health development and that includes all family members and the family’s social environment. Authors of scientific research covering issues related to the impact of the family and the environment in which the family lives and functions on its members’ health in the present and in the future were encouraged to contribute their work. In addition, we were especially interested in scientific reports on social, economic, and health inequalities in the context of achieving the sustainable development goals.
family --- living with children --- parenthood --- mother --- father --- self-rated health --- health behavior --- mental health --- Germany --- gut microbiome --- antimicrobial activity --- pathogen overgrowth --- smoking --- tobacco smoke --- exposure to tobacco smoke --- ETS --- anti-tobacco law --- hospitality venues --- quality of life --- the elderly --- seniors --- health --- cardiovascular diseases --- physical and psychological well-being --- health behaviors --- pregnancy --- rural area --- urban area --- CHEK2 --- MEN --- Cushing syndrome --- hypertension --- multiple endocrine glands tumors --- cervix uteri --- epidemiology --- screening --- mortality --- time trends --- east-central Europe --- depression --- bone markers --- osteocalcin --- β-CTX --- vitamin D --- metabolomics --- metabolites --- amino acids --- biomarkers --- asthma --- diagnosis --- children --- community health services --- postmodern education theories --- factor analysis --- genetic testing --- umbilical cord blood banking --- women health --- air pollution --- PM2.5 --- pregnancy outcomes --- sustainable development --- spatio-temporal data --- NUTS-1 --- kernel discriminant coordinates method --- super macroregions --- proteomics --- mass spectrometry --- MALDI-MSI --- tissue imaging --- ovarian tumors --- gestational diabetes mellitus --- diabetes --- obesity --- cesarean section --- health policy --- health inequalities --- healthcare access --- spatial distribution of the health situation --- cluster analysis --- functional discriminant coordinates --- multivariate functional coefficient of variation --- adenomyosis --- infertility --- GnRH --- in vitro fertilisation --- type 1 diabetes --- proteomic profile --- C4 complement --- PURE study --- noncommunicable diseases --- urban --- rural --- FRAP --- TBARS --- anaerobic threshold --- peakVO2 --- lifestyle --- training --- exercises --- intergenerational relations --- academic youth --- standardized questionnaire WHOQOL-BREF --- alcohol --- cohort study --- PURE --- pro-health behaviours --- anti-health behaviour --- prevention --- patient --- 50+ population --- chronic diseases --- special motor fitness --- speed --- flexibility --- endurance --- physical activity --- health training --- women --- WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire --- Bangladesh --- gender violence --- multidimensional poverty --- poverty reduction --- women’s empowerment --- color vision --- anomaloscope --- Moreland --- Rayleigh --- Hashimoto’s disease --- oxidative stress --- zinc --- copper --- child health --- child nutrition --- dairy --- food security --- food systems --- nutrition --- sustainability --- sustainable food systems --- working population --- Poland --- Ukraine --- spinal cord injury --- hematological parameters --- peak oxygen uptake --- sleep duration --- bedtime --- access to health care --- health care services --- hospital emergency departments --- spatial analysis --- public health management --- testosterone --- cortisol --- creatinine --- overtraining
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